What does a Bronze Star on a ribbon mean?
What does a Bronze Star on a ribbon mean?
meritorious service
The Bronze Star is awarded for meritorious service or acts of valor while serving in combat operations. The Bronze Star is the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. Armed Forces and the ninth-highest military award (including combat and non-combat) in order of precedence of U.S. Military decorations.
How do you get Bronze Star on National Defense ribbon?
The bronze star attachment is awarded for every subsequent award of the NDSM. For two awards of the National Defense Service Medal a bronze star is awarded, for three awards, two bronze stars, for four awards, three bronze stars are awarded.
What is the Asiatic Pacific Theater ribbon?
Pacific Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal
| Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal | |
|---|---|
| Type | Service medal |
| Presented by | Department of War and Department of the Navy |
| Eligibility | Served in the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946. |
| Status | Inactive |
What is the ETO ribbon?
The Bronze Battle Star is worn on the campaign ribbon (the Eastern Theater Offensive or “ETO” ribbon in the case of 398th vets), and denotes an individuals participation in a specific battle, engagement or offensive.
What rank is the Bronze Star?
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The Bronze Star Medal, or BSM, dates back to World War II. Today, it is the fourth-highest ranking award a service member can receive for a heroic and meritorious deed performed in an armed conflict.
Is the Bronze Star a medal of Honor?
The Bronze Star, also known as the Bronze Star Medal or BSM for short, is a military medal awarded for heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
